What your asking basicly is, could security in simiconductors have been on their mind in 2007.
imo, yes
if i'm not mistaken that's about when PN came over from ptsc - he coulda been the one who pointed it out after seeing what 737/445 were.
RP was touting elements in 10-11 which is nice 2.5 yr frame for MS to become -
aimho-recollect
I also believe MS can work with/without that encription also - fwiw
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